20 Mile Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 20 mile cycle time?

A good 20 mile time is 01:03:56 for men and 01:12:33 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 20 mile time by age and ability below.

Our 20 mile cycle time standards are based on 7,783 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	01:35:09	01:47:14
Novice	01:17:06	01:28:17
Intermediate	01:03:56	01:12:33
Advanced	54:22	01:00:02
Elite	47:25	50:26

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	20.3	18.0
Novice	25.1	21.9
Intermediate	30.2	26.6
Advanced	35.5	32.2
Elite	40.7	38.3

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	12.6	11.2
Novice	15.6	13.6
Intermediate	18.8	16.5
Advanced	22.1	20.0
Elite	25.3	23.8

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	52	36
Novice	86	57
Intermediate	138	94
Advanced	211	155
Elite	307	250

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	325	230
Novice	452	310
Intermediate	647	448
Advanced	924	678
Elite	1283	1037

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Finish Time · 20 Mile

Male 20 Mile Cycling Times

A good 20 mile time is 01:03:56 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 20 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:03:28	01:40:02	01:22:58	01:10:33	01:01:32
15	01:40:08	01:21:08	01:07:17	57:13	49:54
20	01:38:41	01:19:58	01:06:19	56:23	49:11
25	01:37:53	01:19:19	01:05:47	55:56	48:47
30	01:37:06	01:18:41	01:05:15	55:29	48:24
35	01:36:20	01:18:04	01:04:44	55:03	48:01
40	01:35:34	01:17:26	01:04:13	54:37	47:38
45	01:35:10	01:17:07	01:03:57	54:23	47:26
50	01:35:40	01:17:31	01:04:17	54:40	47:41
55	01:37:21	01:18:53	01:05:25	55:38	48:31
60	01:40:01	01:21:02	01:07:12	57:09	49:51
65	01:43:20	01:23:44	01:09:26	59:03	51:30
70	01:47:25	01:27:03	01:12:11	01:01:23	53:32
75	01:52:59	01:31:33	01:15:55	01:04:34	56:19
80	02:00:44	01:37:49	01:21:07	01:08:59	01:00:10
85	02:11:28	01:46:31	01:28:20	01:15:07	01:05:31
90	02:26:37	01:58:48	01:38:31	01:23:47	01:13:04

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	15.6	19.3	23.3	27.4	31.4
15	19.3	23.8	28.7	33.7	38.7
20	19.6	24.2	29.1	34.2	39.3
25	19.7	24.3	29.4	34.5	39.6
30	19.9	24.5	29.6	34.8	39.9
35	20.0	24.7	29.8	35.1	40.2
40	20.2	24.9	30.1	35.4	40.5
45	20.3	25.0	30.2	35.5	40.7
50	20.2	24.9	30.0	35.3	40.5
55	19.8	24.5	29.5	34.7	39.8
60	19.3	23.8	28.7	33.8	38.7
65	18.7	23.1	27.8	32.7	37.5
70	18.0	22.2	26.8	31.5	36.1
75	17.1	21.1	25.4	29.9	34.3
80	16.0	19.7	23.8	28.0	32.1
85	14.7	18.1	21.9	25.7	29.5
90	13.2	16.3	19.6	23.1	26.4

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.7	12.0	14.5	17.0	19.5
15	12.0	14.8	17.8	21.0	24.0
20	12.2	15.0	18.1	21.3	24.4
25	12.3	15.1	18.2	21.5	24.6
30	12.4	15.3	18.4	21.6	24.8
35	12.5	15.4	18.5	21.8	25.0
40	12.6	15.5	18.7	22.0	25.2
45	12.6	15.6	18.8	22.1	25.3
50	12.5	15.5	18.7	22.0	25.2
55	12.3	15.2	18.3	21.6	24.7
60	12.0	14.8	17.9	21.0	24.1
65	11.6	14.3	17.3	20.3	23.3
70	11.2	13.8	16.6	19.5	22.4
75	10.6	13.1	15.8	18.6	21.3
80	9.9	12.3	14.8	17.4	19.9
85	9.1	11.3	13.6	16.0	18.3
90	8.2	10.1	12.2	14.3	16.4

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	30	47	72	107	152
15	47	76	121	184	266
20	48	79	125	192	277
25	49	80	128	196	284
30	50	82	131	200	290
35	51	83	133	204	296
40	52	85	136	209	303
45	52	86	138	211	306
50	52	85	136	208	302
55	50	81	130	199	288
60	47	76	121	185	267
65	43	70	112	170	245
70	40	64	101	153	220
75	36	57	89	134	192
80	31	49	76	113	161
85	26	41	62	92	129
90	21	32	48	70	98

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	241	304	399	532	702
15	304	414	583	823	1132
20	310	424	601	850	1173
25	313	430	611	866	1196
30	316	436	621	882	1220
35	320	442	631	898	1244
40	323	449	641	915	1269
45	325	452	647	924	1282
50	323	448	640	913	1266
55	315	434	618	877	1212
60	304	415	585	825	1135
65	292	393	548	767	1050
70	279	370	509	705	958
75	264	343	464	634	853
80	246	313	414	555	736
85	228	282	362	473	616
90	209	250	310	393	498

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 20 Mile Cycling Times

A good 20 mile time is 01:12:33 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 20 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:26:55	02:00:57	01:39:23	01:22:15	01:09:06
15	02:02:02	01:40:28	01:22:33	01:08:20	57:24
20	01:48:45	01:29:32	01:13:34	01:00:54	51:09
25	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
30	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
35	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
40	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
45	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
50	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
55	01:47:14	01:28:17	01:12:33	01:00:02	50:26
60	01:48:35	01:29:24	01:13:28	01:00:48	51:04
65	01:53:36	01:33:31	01:16:51	01:03:36	53:26
70	02:01:32	01:40:03	01:22:13	01:08:03	57:10
75	02:10:44	01:47:38	01:28:27	01:13:12	01:01:29
80	02:21:35	01:56:34	01:35:47	01:19:17	01:06:36
85	02:39:09	02:11:01	01:47:40	01:29:07	01:14:51
90	03:12:30	02:38:28	02:10:13	01:47:47	01:30:32

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.1	16.0	19.4	23.5	27.9
15	15.8	19.2	23.4	28.3	33.6
20	17.8	21.6	26.2	31.7	37.8
25	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
30	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
35	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
40	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
45	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
50	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
55	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.2	38.3
60	17.8	21.6	26.3	31.8	37.8
65	17.0	20.7	25.1	30.4	36.1
70	15.9	19.3	23.5	28.4	33.8
75	14.8	17.9	21.8	26.4	31.4
80	13.6	16.6	20.2	24.4	29.0
85	12.1	14.7	17.9	21.7	25.8
90	10.0	12.2	14.8	17.9	21.3

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.2	9.9	12.1	14.6	17.4
15	9.8	11.9	14.5	17.6	20.9
20	11.0	13.4	16.3	19.7	23.5
25	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
30	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
35	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
40	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
45	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
50	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
55	11.2	13.6	16.5	20.0	23.8
60	11.1	13.4	16.3	19.7	23.5
65	10.6	12.8	15.6	18.9	22.5
70	9.9	12.0	14.6	17.6	21.0
75	9.2	11.1	13.6	16.4	19.5
80	8.5	10.3	12.5	15.1	18.0
85	7.5	9.2	11.1	13.5	16.0
90	6.2	7.6	9.2	11.1	13.3

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	175
20	35	55	91	149	241
25	36	57	94	155	250
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	94	155	250
40	36	57	94	155	250
45	36	57	94	155	250
50	36	57	94	155	250
55	36	57	94	155	250
60	35	55	91	150	242
65	32	50	81	133	213
70	27	42	68	111	177
75	23	36	57	92	145
80	20	30	47	75	118
85	16	23	36	56	87
90	11	16	24	36	54

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	164	198	256	351	496
15	196	252	349	508	754
20	226	302	435	657	1001
25	230	310	448	678	1037
30	230	310	448	678	1037
35	230	310	448	678	1037
40	230	310	448	678	1037
45	230	310	448	678	1037
50	230	310	448	678	1037
55	230	310	448	678	1037
60	226	303	437	659	1005
65	213	281	399	595	898
70	197	254	351	512	762
75	182	229	309	440	642
80	169	207	271	376	537
85	154	182	229	305	420
90	136	154	183	228	297

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

What do the cycling standards mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of cyclists.
Novice	Faster than 20% of cyclists.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of cyclists.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of cyclists.
Elite	Faster than 95% of cyclists.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the 20 mile cycle time standards

Our 20 mile cycle time standards are based on results submitted by Cycling Level users. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	7,783
Community users	4,319
Data start	6 December 2021
Data cutoff	4 March 2026
Model generated	9 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

The old average finish time for 20 mile was 01:12:17 across all ages and genders, 01:09:06 for men (now 8.1% faster) and 01:23:31 for women (now 15.1% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	01:29:30	01:35:09	+5.9%
Novice	01:17:23	01:17:06	-0.4%
Intermediate	01:09:06	01:03:56	-8.1%
Advanced	01:03:13	54:22	-16.3%
Elite	58:57	47:25	-24.3%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	01:52:19	01:47:14	-4.7%
Novice	01:34:49	01:28:17	-7.4%
Intermediate	01:23:31	01:12:33	-15.1%
Advanced	01:15:45	01:00:02	-26.2%
Elite	01:10:14	50:26	-39.3%

We created these previous standards on 6 December 2021 and last updated them 28 September 2023.

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Male 20 Mile Cycling Times

Average 20 mile cycle time by age and ability

Female 20 Mile Cycling Times

Average 20 mile cycle time by age and ability

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Data behind the 20 mile cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	30	47	72	107	152
15	47	76	121	184	266
20	48	79	125	192	277
25	49	80	128	196	284
30	50	82	131	200	290
35	51	83	133	204	296
40	52	85	136	209	303
45	52	86	138	211	306
50	52	85	136	208	302
55	50	81	130	199	288
60	47	76	121	185	267
65	43	70	112	170	245
70	40	64	101	153	220
75	36	57	89	134	192
80	31	49	76	113	161
85	26	41	62	92	129
90	21	32	48	70	98

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	175
20	35	55	91	149	241
25	36	57	94	155	250
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	94	155	250
40	36	57	94	155	250
45	36	57	94	155	250
50	36	57	94	155	250
55	36	57	94	155	250
60	35	55	91	150	242
65	32	50	81	133	213
70	27	42	68	111	177
75	23	36	57	92	145
80	20	30	47	75	118
85	16	23	36	56	87
90	11	16	24	36	54

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	30	47	72	107	152
15	47	76	121	184	266
20	48	79	125	192	277
25	49	80	128	196	284
30	50	82	131	200	290
35	51	83	133	204	296
40	52	85	136	209	303
45	52	86	138	211	306
50	52	85	136	208	302
55	50	81	130	199	288
60	47	76	121	185	267
65	43	70	112	170	245
70	40	64	101	153	220
75	36	57	89	134	192
80	31	49	76	113	161
85	26	41	62	92	129
90	21	32	48	70	98

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	175
20	35	55	91	149	241
25	36	57	94	155	250
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	94	155	250
40	36	57	94	155	250
45	36	57	94	155	250
50	36	57	94	155	250
55	36	57	94	155	250
60	35	55	91	150	242
65	32	50	81	133	213
70	27	42	68	111	177
75	23	36	57	92	145
80	20	30	47	75	118
85	16	23	36	56	87
90	11	16	24	36	54

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	30	47	72	107	152
15	47	76	121	184	266
20	48	79	125	192	277
25	49	80	128	196	284
30	50	82	131	200	290
35	51	83	133	204	296
40	52	85	136	209	303
45	52	86	138	211	306
50	52	85	136	208	302
55	50	81	130	199	288
60	47	76	121	185	267
65	43	70	112	170	245
70	40	64	101	153	220
75	36	57	89	134	192
80	31	49	76	113	161
85	26	41	62	92	129
90	21	32	48	70	98

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	175
20	35	55	91	149	241
25	36	57	94	155	250
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	94	155	250
40	36	57	94	155	250
45	36	57	94	155	250
50	36	57	94	155	250
55	36	57	94	155	250
60	35	55	91	150	242
65	32	50	81	133	213
70	27	42	68	111	177
75	23	36	57	92	145
80	20	30	47	75	118
85	16	23	36	56	87
90	11	16	24	36	54